02J95301

Description: With an overarching purpose to prepare the greater Chiloquin area to respond to emergencies, support residents in times of crisis, and foster climate change resiliency, this project involves constructing a large resiliency hub and warehouse, upgrading two existing resiliency hubs, conducting resiliency training, preparing emergency operations plans for the City of Chiloquin, creating jobs, replacing 200 wood stoves, and monitoring and modelling air quality.

Activities: The activities to be performed include constructing a 10,000-SF community resilience hub and a 2,000-SF warehouse, upgrading two existing resiliency hubs, conducting resiliency training, preparing emergency operations plans for the City of Chiloquin, creating jobs, replacing 200 wood stoves, and monitoring and modelling air quality.

Subrecipient: Subawards include: Subaward 1 to Chiloquin Visions of Progress (CVIP) for a wood stove trade out program (150 stoves), grant program outreach, solar batteries and backup generator and supplies for emergency distribution center, and management of Klamath Lake Long-Term Recovery Group (KLLTRG) and Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT).

Subaward 2 to KLLTRG for quarterly community preparedness and resiliency training/workshops, surveys, and development of a core CRH team.

Subaward 3 to OIT for air monitoring program, data collection and analysis, air monitor maintenance, and community surveys and outreach, and lastly Subaward 4 to the Klamath Tribes for emergency shelter basic supplies and moulage training equipment.

Outcomes: This project benefits the greater Chiloquin area by delivering a 10,000-SF community resilience hub and a 2,000-SF warehouse, two upgraded resiliency hubs, resiliency training, emergency operations plans for the City of Chiloquin, local jobs, 200 wood stove replacements, and air quality monitoring and modelling.

City Of Chiloquin

5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.1 - ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND RELIABLE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 4 - ENSURE CLEAN AND HEALTHY AIR FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 4.1 - IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND REDUCE LOCALIZED POLLUTION AND HEALTH IMPACTS 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS S - CROSS AGENCY STRATEGY S.1 - ENSURE SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY AND SCIENCE-BASED DECISION MAKING 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.2 - PROTECT AND RESTORE WATERBODIES AND WATERSHEDS 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.1 - ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND RELIABLE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 5.2 - PROTECT AND RESTORE WATERBODIES AND WATERSHEDS 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS 4 - ENSURE CLEAN AND HEALTHY AIR FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 4.1 - IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND REDUCE LOCALIZED POLLUTION AND HEALTH IMPACTS 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.1 - ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND RELIABLE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.1 - ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND RELIABLE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUST

66.616 - Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program

EPA Region 10: Seattle [EPA - RO]

Chiloquin, Oregon United States

City-Wide

Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (EPA-R-OEJECR-OCS-23-04)

Termination This project grant was reported as terminated by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in July 2025. See All
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been shortened from 01/31/28 to 05/02/25.